My experience of Queen Mary university-London

University of Bristol

7.5(18 Reviews)

University of Texas Dallas

7.4(26 Reviews)

University of Greenwich

7.4(16 Reviews)

Northeastern University

7.4(52 Reviews)

Reason for choosing my college

• Queen Mary was my choice among the ones I got because of the location, firstly as London is the financial hub and I wanted the experience.
• Also when I was reaching out to students and alumni from the colleges, Queen Mary had really good feedback from students for this course. The main point most students mentioned was how the emphasis on theory as well as real-world experience in the university and also the student club.
• One thing that one of the students mentioned was Project Remake which was the best experience we could get for learning; I wanted to be a part of it so I chose Queen Mary out of everything.
• Bristol was a good choice as well, but I wanted London as my location, so I chose Queen Mary for the social experience.

New York University

8.0(24 Reviews)

Oxford Brookes Business School

Reason for Rejection

• My application wasn't strong enough for Brookes, so I couldn't get in, I guess, as I wasn't given a major reason except for my work experience, which had students with averages. Experience of 4-5 years, whereas I had only 2.
• For NYU, my interview didn't go well; I believe I should have prepared better.

Its been 3 years so I don't have any documents anymore but I remember they emphasised on LOR and the essay as they would know about us through it and I remember this was the only advice I gave my juniors as well.

• As mentioned, I chose this university because of the good feedback I received from the students and also because it was among the top-ranking universities in the UK. As a student, I can tell the reputation of Queen Mary was good and is well recognised as well among the people.
• There were a lot of courses in all the fields, and I chose an MSc In Management as it covered many different subjects.
• I can assure you the professors and the entire university are very welcoming, and you'll be happy when you graduate after a year.
• Transportation to the university is good, it's easy to reach and almost in the centre of the city so it is very accessible.
• They have career coaching and people who help with it, part-time and full-time as well, and I saw my friends finding jobs through it. I was a member of the student council, and we had several workshops every month.
• I would again highly recommend everyone to take part in the projects they have, as Queen Mary is well connected, and you get to experience some very amazing tasks/projects that most universities don't have access to in London.

• We had a lot of classes actually to complete the course within a year. I remember having 11-12 classes throughout the week, and it was more in the second semester.
• Class timings are always different for all the students based on the electives we chose, but it would be between 8 am and 6 pm, and mostly on Friday, we had hardly 1-2 classes.
• The average number of students for a class is around 60-70 people, and less in electives and workshops as batches are divided for this. We had mostly Indians, British and Asian people in the course whereas other courses had more diversity (if you choose medical or arts).
• Apart from classes you have workshops for every subject where professors help with practical world examples and help with assignments as well. So overall, you'll have a great learning experience.

• The faculty for the course was very understanding, and usually, the lectures had a lot of students, about 70-100. But then a batch of 30-35 students would have a workshop for you to ask questions and discuss assignments with the faculty present, so that helped a lot. We had fun during assignments for that reason and also the junior lecturers were always present to guide us.
• We had Rob, who was teaching us how to write articles and assignments and was very patient.
• I spoke to our university president Colin and he was always very cheerful and supportive and asked about the course and inputs.
• I got my full-time through the help of faculty so I would say yes, you just have to ask and they are usually very helpful in whatever way they can.
• Few professors even helped students with accommodation and celebrated events with us.

• We had classes in 4 different buildings, and it's a pretty big campus as it covers all different courses you almost have two tube stations from one end to the other.
• The cafeteria is a big plus here and you'll find half of the people there always, you can completely depend on it for lunch or breakfast.
• The library is pretty good with all books available for assignments or otherwise.
• We had 4 big events I think during our time there and also 2 outside the campus events and there were elections, dance, cultural competitions and also we had trips to nearby London where we could go with the University.

• You'll usually find Indian students working in food chains, mostly at grocery stores and also for football events or any match going on, there's a lot of Indian students, so you'll find them everywhere.
• It's pretty easy to find a part-time job compared to full-time and in summer due to the high number of tourists stores require more people to work so just asking in stores helps with it.

• Usually, the part-time pay is around £1200-1400/ month, and it's pretty easy to find one. You can apply online through the university or outside or just walk around and ask all the stores, and you'll find one.
• I would suggest you apply inside the university as the pay is better and it's a lot more fun working inside with all the students, so you have to apply early because limited jobs are available inside the university.
• Hourly pay is £14-18 / hr and it could be more based on some roles usually this goes higher with university jobs.
• You are only allowed to work 20 hrs a week and the government is strict about this so try maintaining the limit.

• In our batch, most people came for experience, and only 40% of them applied for jobs, and 25% of them received jobs. Most students got placed within London and also this was the time when London had the worst job market and most of them received jobs through the help of the university website where we could apply for jobs.
• The salary was a pretty base level, around 25-30k/ annum based on the experience most students had 2-3 years of experience. Also we had interview training and how to write job applications at the university you just have to go to the student council and they'll explain it to you. If not full-time you'll surely receive a part-time.

• I went through agents and online platforms but most agents are helpful, one should be careful while checking for accommodation online. I saw a lot of people getting scammed online in London and it's usually a bit tough so; I would highly recommend everyone to grab university accommodation as it's first come first serve and the accommodation inside is nice so go ahead with it.
• If looking for off-campus, there are two accommodations right out, which are good as well.